Originally Posted by
jaykris
Hey EMB,
You have got to understand the position there. You are flying OUR flying, you are correct, we do have a scope that allows it. What you DONT know, is that we never got to vote for the relaxed scope. A MEC Chairman in the dark of night named PW, and whos name will forever hang in the house of shame, signed over 50% of our "domestic" flying, or so he thought, United interpreted it to be 50% of total block hours....
Hence the frustration on our side. Its not you per se, its what you represent to the mainline. Lower scale pay, less work rules, less training, less education required, a complete drag to the bottom of our profession, etc etc that we had fought for decades to get, and then lose in bankruptcy. It sucks.
The majors demand a 4 year education, the regionals do not. The majors demand an ATP, the regionals do not. The majors demand a clean criminal record, the regionals do not. And so on, and so on......You represent UAL to the public........nuff said.
J
Whiteferg signed away the EMB170, not the 50% block hour clause. Our scope was gutted in bankruptcy.
To say we voted scope away is a truth in the shallowest of terms. We were told by alpa( Whiteferg/Pierce) that this is the best agreement we will get and the judge will certainly impose worse. A wise lesson learned if and when I'm looking at a JCBA TA while simultaneously listening to the voice of alpa.